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This Day In History December 11


British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge Madison presents trade agreement to Congress The Federals occupy Fredericksburg Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance Yuan Shih-kai accepts Chinese throne Alexander Solzhenitsyn is born Edward VIII abdicates Germany declares war on the United States Toronto endures record snowstorm Tootsie actress Teri Garr born UNICEF founded First U.S. helicopters arrive in South Vietnam. NYC authorities jettison plans for expressway across Lower Manhattan Sam Cooke dies under suspicious circumstances in LA Paratroopers depart South Vietnam Soviets declare nudity a sign of "western decadence" Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick Yeltsin orders Russian forces into Chechnya Billionaire conman Bernard Madoff arrested
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